From: davidbobo@bellsouth.net
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:02:07 +0000, Time Warrior wrote:
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> From: "Time Warrior"
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> Subject: backup network?
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:02:07 +0000
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> To: Day Brown
> Re: backup network?
> By: Day Brown to alt.bbs.internet on Tue Feb 22 2005 07:46 pm
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> > Have any of the BBS nets tried to setup a backup system in case the inet
> > has a catostophic failure?
>
> I don't see anything short of armogeden causing the entire internet to have a
> catostrophic failer -- in which case continued exsistance of life on this
> planet would take priority over the BBS Scene :-)
>
Agreed - so much of business relies on the Internet that it will be in
operation, unless as you say, life ceases to exist as we know it.
Any backup plan would require some means of communication - whether that's
POTS dial-up lines (hello Fidonet!) or some sort of packet radio. If the
Internet is down, it's pretty much a given that dial-up will also be down.
I think packet radio exists today, though I haven't heard much of it since
the mid-80s. Ham radio networks exist - that might be your best avenue.
David
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